Episode 151 - Unconditional parenting, part thirteen

Agora I/O - the online liberty unconference...http://agora.io/laozi/schedule/http://agora.io/laozi/archives/Libertopia - an annual festival of peace, freedom, music, community and ideas that will change the World...a 3-day celebration of our individuality and diversity in sunny San Diego...http://libertopia.org/In this episode I cover the first half of Chapter Ten: The Child's Perspective in the book Unconditional Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason by Alfie Kohnhttp://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/Happiness is our highest moral purpose, so it's vital to know what it objectively requireshttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/happiness.htmlOut-of-context happiness (e.g., ignoring the ills of statism) is just as disconnected from one's true self as the unhappiest depressionPunitive parenting and punitive governmental actions tragically go hand in handThe commonly misunderstood ethical terms...http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/self-interest.htmlhttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/altruism.htmlhttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/trader_principle.htmlAt a bare minimum, parents need to convey to their kids the extreme importance and sanctity of their persons and property, i.e., the nature of respecting individual rights in societyhttp://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/individual_rights.htmlIn a free society, everyone can be productive; "competition" is merely people bringing various values to the marketplacebumper music "Let There Be Light" by Astral Projectionhttp://www.myspace.com/astralprojectionaviliorto comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697